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ERNEST LEON HURD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1947 – June 23, 1967
Service recordErnest Leon Hurd, of Homestead, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Homestead, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 54
- WILLIAM LLOYD HAMLINSpecialist Four · June 23, 1967
- MICHAEL GAIL HARVEYWarrant Officer 1 · June 23, 1967
- CHARLES LEO JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1967
- HARRY JONESPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS LEE DUCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 53
- RONALD LLOYD HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 53
- CHARLES LEO JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 54
- JACK WALTER PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 55
From Homestead
- RICHARD HUGH CASSUBESergeant · February 22, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS TERRYSpecialist Five · February 26, 1966
- DOUGLAS JOHN WEISSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- WILLIE DONALD JONESSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- DANNY R AYERSSergeant · September 14, 1968
- DONNY RAY STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- BRIAN RANDALL FREDRICKCorporal · January 12, 1969
- CHARLES CRAIG VICKREYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.